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Maintaining a 9,156 mile highway system, traveled more than 26.1 billion vehicle miles a year, is a formidable task for the Colorado Dept of Transportation. The familiar bright orange CDOT maintenance vehicles blade surfaces and shoulders; repair slopes,... more »
There’s a lot at stake when electric utility field service representatives turn the electric power on or off. Their safety, and that of their customers, comes first. So each time they remove or install an electric meter for one of 300,000 customers, field... more »
Recently, Futek was experiencing difficulty assembling some of its load cells to specifications. By performing several tests and controlling for different variables, this manufacturer and supplier of load cells, torque and pressure sensors found fluctuations... more »
After a recent carbon monoxide leak at an Erlanger, KY office complex, building management did not have to look far to find a gas detection solution. To provide early warning of any future leaks, management purchased Eikon portable personal detectors... more »
Birds love warehouses and shipping depots. High ceilings, wide open spaces, plenty of places to hide and big inviting bay doors that are almost always open – what could be better? What could possibly convince any bird to vacate such a paradise? For one... more »
Weighing trucks on heavily trafficked routes requires more than an accurate scale, as the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has found. Since 1999, the DMV has seen scale traffic nearly double in comparison to prior years. While some truck scales... more »
Knowing they can rely on their equipment to perform properly, especially during the peak grape harvesting season, is essential to winemakers. The goal at is to provide the wine industry with the ultimate in functional, quality winemaking equipment. One... more »
When young Gary Crawford raised homing pigeons and raced them, he would take them 200 miles from his home and, invariably, they would beat him home to their cage. One year after closing the cages, they were still coming back. “They remembered their home... more »
To help purchasing and other professionals select the proper hearing protectors for their specific applications, Howard Leight has made available a new Hearing Protector Selector on its. Visitors can identify their noise exposure levels or specific ratings,... more »
It didn’t take long for Mike Moeller, president of Milwaukee-based Remy Battery, to know that the Quick Cable HexCrimp pneumatic crimper they purchased was going to make life easier for his business and his employees. In fact, the HexCrimp Pneumatic Crimper... more »
The Ohio-based manufacturer, Baja Marine, markets their high-performance racing watercraft and family-friendly sport boats as having “head-turning style and adrenaline-pumping speed.” The company manufactures a wide range of boats, from 20–40 ft hulls.... more »
When Mega Pumps began manufacturing airless metered pump dispensers in 2000, the assembly system it initially used was not user-friendly and required more employees than the company had expected. Another problem, said operations manager John Murtagh,... more »
, manufacturer of beacons and sirens for emergency vehicles, recently searched for an inline printer that could print installation instructions directly onto packages to eliminate the need to insert separate instruction sheets. They selected NGT large... more »
The Enviroline hydrogen corrosion monitor was recently the first and only technology to alert a pipeline operator in Western Canada of a problem with its pipeline process, thereby allowing the company time to fix the problem before destructive corrosion... more »
For 20-25 years, had maintained a dedicated aftermarket distribution warehouse in Memphis, TN, handling its aftermarket parts fulfillment for domestic manufactured compressor, blower, and pump products. The company would manufacture aftermarket parts... more »
Evergreen State College, a public, four-year liberal arts and sciences college, recently remodeled their existing chemistry and microscopy laboratory facilities. As part of this project it was determined that outdated laboratory chairs would also need... more »
At the Robert Bosch LLC Chassis Systems Brakes Division facility and the Diesel Systems facility, they build a series of brake components and complete braking systems, using assorted machine tools and machining centers. The parts produced at these plants... more »
Michael Waltrip Racing (MWR) has installed a Jet Edge precision waterjet cutting system at its fabrication shop and plans to use it to cut parts for its three NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams and NASCAR Nationwide Series team “All of us at Jet Edge are... more »
New MP3 players from an electronics manufacturer such as Sony are designed for a demanding consumer market and cannot be compromised in any way. In Malaysia, the company sought a code reading and traceability solution for the PCBs for these MP3 players.... more »
Manufacturing has evolved over the years to where factory workers of merely a generation ago would find it hard to recognize the cleanliness, efficiency, and increased safety at many of today’s most up-to-date manufacturing facilities. Yet many manufacturing... more »